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zebrafish
ze·bra·fish or zebra fish (zē′brə-fĭsh)n. pl. zebrafish or ze·bra·fish·es or zebra fish or zebra fish·es A small freshwater fish (Danio rerio) of South Asia that has horizontal dark blue and silvery stripes, is popular in home aquariums, and is used as a model organism in the study of developmental biology and medical genetics. Also called zebra danio.zebrafish (ˈzɛbrəˌfɪʃ) n (Animals) an Indian tropical fish with dark blue and silvery stripesze•bra•fish (ˈzi brəˌfɪʃ; Brit. also ˈzɛb rə-)
n., pl. -fish•es, (esp. collectively) -fish. a thin freshwater minnow, Brachydaniorerio, of India, having luminous blue and gold horizontal stripes. [1765–75] Zebrafish
An experimental organism—Brachydanio rerio—which has proven useful for studying vertebrate development, via the strategy of saturation mutagenesis; zebrafish have transparent embryos, short generation time—3 months—and prolific egg productionAcronymsSeeZF |